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Net News Daily
Type of businessPartnership
Type of site
News & blogging
Available inEnglish
Founded8 January 2009; 15 years ago (2009-01-08)
Headquarters
Area servedWorldwide (based on Scottish subjects)
Founder(s)Scott Campbell (journalist)
Employees12[citation needed]
URLwww.netnewsdaily.com
Current statusOffline

Net News Daily (NND) is a British news website. The site covers a range of topics, such as technology and entertainment and includes a prominent interviews section. Net News Daily was launched on 8 January 2009 as a simple news blog, but has grown since then.[1][2][3]

Site popularity

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The site's creators have claimed in interviews that NND receives up to 5000 visitors per day.[4][5]

Interviews

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The site has conducted interviews with YouTube stars and people involved in breaking news stories.

Michael Mooney

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Michael Mooney was the creator of Mikeyy, a malicious worm on Twitter. He was interviewed by NND,[6] during which Mooney revealed information that other media outlets did not already know. The interview was cited by Sky News[7] and Computerworld.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "The news website with teen editorial leads". BBC News. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  2. ^ Smith, Claire (10 June 2009). "Interview: Global acclaim is a net result for teen journalists". The Scotsman. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  3. ^ Kiss, Jemima (8 June 2009). "Elevator Pitch: Thirteen year-old Scott Campbell has a vision for the future of news". PDA: The Digital Content Blog. The Guardian. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  4. ^ Knowles, Jamillah (19 May 2009). "Guatemala, Wolfram Alpha, Acquine and news". BBC.
  5. ^ Radio 2 Interview, 8 June 2009
  6. ^ Campbell, Scott (12 April 2009). "Interview with the Creator of the StalkDaily Worm". Net News Daily. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  7. ^ "Teenage Twitter Hacker: 'I Could Be Jailed'". Sky News. 14 April 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  8. ^ Keizer, Gregg (12 April 2009). "Weekend worms strike Twitter, teen admits responsibility". Computerworld. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
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